Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A toasty fire, a nightcap, warm tartan and a kitten....

I made David matching pj's and a nightcap to keep his head toasty in the frigid Scottish winter:

You may remember that I made myself the same PJs last October/November. I took an old pair of PJ bottoms from each of us and used them as a pattern for our new PJs:

These were pretty easy to sew together except for the bottom of one of David's pant legs that I cut slightly off grain. The waistband is basic elastic casing for both of our PJs.

For the nightcap, I copied an existing nightcap that David has--but it is basically two triangles sewn together into a point at the end.

There is elastic but only in the back of the nightcap to keep it on. I had to play a lot with this to get the tension just right (didn't want to cut off the circulation and make it too tight and didn't want to make it too loose!) After many fittings, we got the perfect fit!

I think that's the first time I've ever seen anyone wear a real nightcap! It certainly does look toasty. Also, I temporarily forgot that David was your husband and thought that you made PJs for the kitten.

It's humid and raining and hot and muggy and ghastly here, the idea of a frigid winter sounds utterly divine!! Lucky we re not in our actual hometown though, where the weather is cooler and fresher :)Love the jimjams :)

What a lovely scenario. Not sure what I'm more impressed by... the lashings of tartan, the inclination to rustle up such fabulousness ... or the fact that David already had an existing nightcap! BTW have just nominated you for the Sunshine Award http://ooobop.com/2012/02/25/two-awards-in-one-week/ ... your blog name is so apt! x